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My Whirlpool Dryer heats up only briefly after first turning it on.
We had a build up of excessive lint and a small fire occurred that scorched the lint built up on the very bottom of the appliance . No wires or other parts appeared to be visibly damaged.
After cleaning the excessive and scorched lint and trying to restart the unit, I found the heating element gets red when first turning the unit on, then immediately goes out. I figure the T-stat, hi - limit (Part Number: AP3084674 made by WHIRLPOOL) could have been damaged by the heat when the excessive lint briefly ignited.
Is this the part I should try to replace 1st or should I try something else?
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The hi limit thermostat does not reset itself, so if it is bad, it stays bad. I would try the cycling thermostat, Part number: AP3045874
This is coming up as a gas model, if that is the case you will need to check out and probably replace the gas components.
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